Yeah, Frankie, every time I ask Bob what sounds best he points to the Black Beauty 305 and says, "This amplifier represents my latest thinking; it's also my best work." Personally, I think I'd take a Black Beauty over a Lightstar, with all due respect.

Wait until you guys hear the CF amp from last year with the 12AX7's Jerry's running with. Smoked his VTL tube amps to bits on a pair of Apogees of all things.

With the Sunfire against the Lightstar, it depends on what you are looking for. The Sunfire seems to have endless power capabilities and a less refined sound signature [when compared to the Lightstar] while the Lightstar has a very refined sound signature but can tend to run out of steam when driven hard.

In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence.

The best way to enjoy digital music reproduction is to never listen to a good analogue reproduction.

treitz3 wrote:Wait until you guys hear the CF amp from last year with the 12AX7's Jerry's running with. Smoked his VTL tube amps to bits on a pair of Apogees of all things.

With the Sunfire against the Lightstar, it depends on what you are looking for. The Sunfire seems to have endless power capabilities and a less refined sound signature [when compared to the Lightstar] while the Lightstar has a very refined sound signature but can tend to run out of steam when driven hard.

I think we found that the problem was due more to available wall power than the amp.

kingman wrote:Hey Tom...what's the chance of asking the cabins to install a 30 amp dedicated cuircuit in one of the cabins or maybe 2 so we could really find out the limits of the "Super" amps?

Better yet...why don't we gather up the wire and sufficient breakers and do it ourselves? We could run a so called drop cord of wire with a plug in attached directly from the breaker box.... that way it's temporary...

kingman wrote:Hey Tom...what's the chance of asking the cabins to install a 30 amp dedicated cuircuit in one of the cabins or maybe 2 so we could really find out the limits of the "Super" amps?

Better yet...why don't we gather up the wire and sufficient breakers and do it ourselves? We could run a so called drop cord of wire with a plug in attached directly from the breaker box.... that way it's temporary...

I have about 100' of spare 10 gauge 4-wire. That shit is EXPENSIVE! I think I can scrounge a 30-amp breaker, too.